If there is a report that has come out lately that I think is worthy of a "blog-swarm" but hasn't been yet, it is this one. Some have discussed it already (here, for example) but they are, in my view, missing the biggest bombshell in it.

In sum, a new Downing Street Memo exists -- which my staff was chasing down but was unable to obtain for inclusion in "The Constitution in Crisis." The Memo says the following, according to the Guardian:

"Mr Bush told the Mr Blair that the US was so worried about the failure to find hard evidence against Saddam that it thought of 'flying U2 reconnaissance aircraft planes with fighter cover over Iraq, painted in UN colours'. Mr Bush added: 'If Saddam fired on them, he would be in breach [of UN resolutions]'."

What was really going on here? If Saddam shot down a U.S. spy plane, was the President set to claim that he had actually shot down a U.N. plane in an effort to gain world support? Is there any other reasonable explanation than that? If so, it shows that -- at the highest levels on the United States government -- previously undisclosed attempts to deceive the American people, the Congress, and the entire world into war. It is a window into the character of this Administration and elucidates that truth about whether the war was the result of an "intelligence failure" or deliberate deceptions.

Coupled with this new report by Murray Waas, the picture could not be clearer.

If you agree with me about its importance, please spread the word about this report. Let's start with the progressive media. I'll do my part.